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Old English word for enclosure

5 headwords match “enclosure”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; edor ranks first.

  1. 1

    edor

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    enclosure — enclosure, hedge, fence

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    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular edor
    genitive singular edores
    dative singular edore
    accusative singular edor
    nominative plural edoras
    genitive plural edora
  2. 2

    teag

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    enclosure — enclosure (enclosed land)

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    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tēag
    genitive singular tēage
    dative singular tēage
    accusative singular tēage
    nominative plural tēaga, tēage
    genitive plural tēaga
  3. 3

    worþ

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    enclosure — enclosure

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    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular worþ
    genitive singular worþe
    dative singular worþe
    accusative singular worþe
    nominative plural worþa, worþe
    genitive plural worþa
  4. 4

    hamm

    score 13

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 6 inflected forms

    enclosure — enclosure, piece of enclosed land (especially land enclosed by a river)

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    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hamm
    genitive singular hamme
    dative singular hamme
    accusative singular hamme
    nominative plural hamma, hamme
    genitive plural hamma
  5. 5

    geard

    score 13

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    enclosure — enclosure (an enclosed place)

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    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġeard
    genitive singular ġeardes
    dative singular ġearde
    accusative singular ġeard
    nominative plural ġeardas
    genitive plural ġearda

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “enclosure” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.

The English word opens the headword's definition+10
It appears later in the first definition+6
It appears in any definition+3
It is in the headword's links+2
It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence)+9
The headword has an inflection table+3
Part of speech is a proper noun−5
Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy)−3
The headword is an alternative form−6
The first definition is longer than three words−2

A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.

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